What is containermanagerd on Mac?
By Junaid, maker of Taskglass · Last reviewed
Creates and manages the private storage 'containers' that sandboxed apps keep their data in.
containermanagerd creates, removes and manages containers: the private folders where sandboxed apps (including most App Store apps) keep their data, separate from other apps. It works with the sandbox to keep apps isolated. It's normally light.
- Category
- macOS system
- Made by
- Apple
- Safe to quit:
- No
Shown in Activity Monitor as containermanagerd, containermanagerd_system
Why is containermanagerd using so much CPU or memory?
- Installing, updating or first-launching sandboxed apps
- After a macOS update, while containers are checked or migrated
What to do
- 1Wait for installs and updates to finish
- 2Restart your Mac
Safe to quit? No.
Don't quit it: sandboxed apps need it to access their data.
Related processes
Part of the Taskglass Process Library